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• I didn't think that was even legal. : tboomer2
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  .5MB up...wow : lukej1337
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    Yeah, I know. I rounded up - actually it was .47mb. It's very stupid but at least my download is fast. : mrwolf710
    • Mine is like this too. : prime8
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  It's that speed boost crap : MagicWishMonkey
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    What speed boost crap and can I turn it off? : mrwolf710
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      They throttle your bandwidth for sustained downloads, I don't think you can turn it off. : MagicWishMonkey
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        That's not entirely true. They let your connection burst for short spurts of nigger speed but it should n... : maulla
        • surely you meant wide receiver speed. : Fyunch Click
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          Oh got I typed "higher," god damn you android : maulla
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            hahaahahahaha, this is going up on shackwiki : LoioshDwaggie
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              closing the shack for the day, going to play starcraft :| : maulla
              • luuuuucky ! : wurt
              • See? Everyone wins. : Deathlove
          • Dear got, please forgive my puns : supermonkeyballz
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            How in the name of got did it autocorrect higher to nigger? lol : lodit
            • virtual keyboard, I type fast and never really read what it inputs :( : maulla
            • Probably missed the 'h' and hit the 'n' instead, and it all went downhill from there. : mobab
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              yeah we need someone with autocorrect on an android prove that he's not racist. for one thing that word ... : dantastic
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                its there because I used it before in a story I was telling a friend via sms : maulla
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                  to clarify, in the story I was being called it, and I was recapping it for a friend. yes, i am white : maulla
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                    i'd probably delete that from the dictionary so you don't make any more embarrassing mistakes. next time... : dantastic
                    • Yeah it would be unfortunate if you messaged your boss asking for 'higher pay' or something. : semaphore
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                He never types it out: http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=nigger&cs_user=maulla&cs_par... : LoioshDwaggie
                • haha he only types it out in exaggarated quotes of other people, i see : dantastic
              • He might have typed higger instead of higher too, given that they're normally just one letter apart. : one random winner
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              I can't get this to work on my bosses LG Ally Droid. Maybe LG is more racial slur friendly. : m0rfus
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                http://shackpics.com/files/droidUpload_rj77ge0yfa882qhus7h2.jpg : maulla
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                  Seriously must be platform. I can type "nigg" and get nothing. I can type "nigge" and finally get it. "Hi... : m0rfus
                  • What if you add the word to the custom dictionary? : Haxim
          • surely you mean "oh god" : noobja
          • Excellent. : prime8
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            nigger isn't in my android dictionary you racist : boomstickah
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              I typed nigger and it suggested bigger. fuck you maulla you racist : boomstickah
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                I <3 you, please see above : maulla
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                  send me your guest key and all will be forgotten. I am waiting on an amazon gift card to buy : boomstickah
                  • Are you blackmailing me? why am i doing this?? : maulla
          • Been typing that word a lot lately? (I keed I keed) : Schnapple
          • hahahaha : BackSinner
          • Looooool : jonin
          • Haha, exceeeelent. : Visceral Monkey
          • My sides are hurting. I needed that. : Eric2025
          • Ahahahah! : AltZero
          • Shoulda used swype. : thecatinthehat
        • typing fail dude : Toraz Chryx
        • ummmLOL : supermonkeyballz
        • where can I buy this nigger speed you speak of : niceguynick
        • Android IS full of pornography & swear words! : jingletard
        • my god... they've gone plaid nigger! : zerog83
        • My provider only offers cracker speed. : Wyvern
        • maulla, nigger guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Apologies_to_Jesse_Jackson : LoioshDwaggie
        • LOL ! : wurt
        • hahaha : thekidd
        • lol of the day is locked in : boring gegtik
        • Mother fucka I gots the Jackie Joyner Kersey of Internet. : RyDogg1
        • Good morning! : givemesnacks
        • Those commercials led me to believe that the speed boost was a feature that you would have to pay extra f... : snuff
        • They are breed that way : Slowtreme
        • This is what the TW reps tell you verbatim if you ask about it. : atom519
        • perfect : ass-street
        • Oh my... : kelzmelzer
        • This is why the Shack doesn't have an "Edit Post" feature. : Rotten Deadite
        • Well, okay then. : CrustaR
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          PREPARE FOR NIGGER SPEED !! : gmd
          • awlawd : gakera
          • Fasten all seatbelts, seal all entrances and exits, close all shops in the mall, cancel the three ring ci... : SolveChrist
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          I want a Crysis mod where it says "nigger speed!" and "nigger dick!" for the powerups : Satyric0n
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            Cloak: OH SHIT THE POPO! : LoioshDwaggie
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              Five-Oh! : proclone1
              • It's "ONE TIME!" : AxeMan808
        • Adaptive typing, it chose the word most used by you. : reZaun
        • HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!! This is awesome : Scotty22
        • fuck yes. i knew the shack would deliver the goods this morning. thank you maulla. buahahahahah. : PlanetPerfecto
        • so... funny. : usmcmueller
        • hahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Wolfanoz
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          obligatory link to past classic: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=9807354 : dirge23
          • And he still posts here too, poor guy :) : LoioshDwaggie
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            The above is almost, ALMOST as good : node
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              I thought it was a parody at first : Thomas Hace
              • I assumed as much : rosewood
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            at least b and n are right next to eachother on the keyboard :P : dantastic
            • Well the 'h' is right next to the 'n' and the 'g'. : Totenjaeger
          • My god that was brilliant as all getout. : HL3dsx
          • ahahahahahah....oh fuck : avatar_58
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            If you had to choose: nigger speed or nigger dick? The former for me; I've no idea what it is and I love ... : pillzer
            • how can you not know what it is? look at all the record holders for like 100m. : papaskot
        • hahahah, excellent. : orgcaptainnemo
        • Posting in epic typo subthread : Vimn
        • Oh holy crap. Laughing too hard. : mrwolf710
        • Those newfangled Wireless-N routers eh? : Beady
        • 10% nigger speed! : Ride-My-Rocket
        • I read this on shackdroid having been awake for all of 2 minutes. I will have a good day now : mr.sleepy
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23479815#itemanchor_23479815 Your day has come. : omnova
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          Haha, whats awesome is that even though you didn't mean it...it works! : Saman
          • That's what really makes this post and the other one so funny. : SockMonkeh
        • In polite company, we refer to this as "SEC Speed" : Clay
        • Second thread I read this morning. I should stop right here, it won't get any better. : boarder2
        • Fantastic. Ill be laughing all day now. : granpachook
        • set sail for hilarity : Downforce
        • Wiping tears of laughter away. : ShekkyBoy
        • My co-worker caught me laughing at this and I couldn't bring myself to explain what was so funny : pukerat
        • lol, thanks for making my boring job funny : OmegaRed59
        • I think your phone is a racist LMAO. : HL3dsx
        • bahahaha! : Alco23
        • lol I bet your phone is white. : BongSlayerB
        • hahahaha awesome. : Techy007
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          Had to shut my office door, I'm fuckin crying here! : chiisu81
          • Indeed. I can not stop laughing about this. : jonin
        • This made my morning. : ChibiJosh
        • Thanks for the laugh :) : GoodBoy
        • Hahahahahahaha!!!! Have fun playing Starcraft 2! : MercFox1
        • What will ATT and Comcast do to compete with nigger speed? : quazar
        • hahahah holy shit perfect : Xanthos
        • that is...EPIC lmao. : Silent Wolf
        • hahaha so great. : midgetherder
        • It's because your connection has an extra bone in its foot. : skinlab133
        • Everyone at work is looking at me for laughing so hard. BTW, my Droid X won't let me type the N word if ... : greenbergMD
        • lololololol That's very fast! : historyinthemaking
        • God damn it I really didn't want to laugh at this but I can't help it. : SiW.
        • Prepare the ship... for nigger speed! : Lucien Irenicus
        • now we know what's faster than ludicrous speed : shyguy74
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          *strikes a Usain Bolt post* yeeeah boooiiieee! : devpaul
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            pose, damnit : devpaul
            • mmmhmmm we know whats on your mind don't hide it, ride it. : supermonkeyballz
        • Bwahahaha, excellent dude. This rivals the "nigger dick" post. : thetangent
        • Post of the day right here. : Tissen
        • HAHAHAH dude halarity ensues !!! This will be another epic future LoL post. Bookmark'd for future. : med1c
        • Is that faster than plaid!? : Jiven
        • oh man, awesome we haven't had one of these in awhile i'm dying here : graceofdragons
        • DAT INTERNET SPEED, DAYUM! : hussdelrio
        • hahahahahhahahhhahahahaha : MurrayTheSkull
        • End of the year lolz : Merconium
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  I know that Bright house (tampa) networking center has a ticket open internally to find out why youtube i... : Slowtreme
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    orly? Cause it FN sucks here in Orlando/Daytona on Brighthouse. : supermonkeyballz
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      the issue is probably related : Slowtreme
      • its been like this for a month or two. I figured it was You Tube : supermonkeyballz
      • Well now its blazing..just fyi in case yours is back. 720 plays without having to pause it for a few minu... : supermonkeyballz
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  Try what I did.. switch your DNS servers to Google's public DNS... http://code.google.com/speed/public-dn... : snuff
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    I saw your post about it the other day and went to change my DNS on my router. It was already set to Goo... : mrwolf710
    • My Youtube was slow as fuck for about a week, every other video site was fine though. Time Warner sucks. : snuff
• On WiFi? : maulla
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  I'm on Time Warner and YouTube isn't even worth visiting anymore. It pauses and loads every 5 to 10 seco... : BouillonCubes
  • Yeah, this is what I'm getting too. : mrwolf710
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    Change to google dns and it fixed that exact problem for me on brighthouse (formerly TW). : captain hampton
    • I'll give this a shot tonight, thanks. : BouillonCubes
• I have Time Warner and have the same issue with YouTube. If I want to watch a 5 minute movie clip withou... : Dorf
• I've had the same issue with Cox and streaming video sites lately. : shogberg
• Definitely have the YouTube issue. Assholes :( : bisongreco

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  It's entirely unnecessary. I have had a 52" Samsung with it for about a year and never use it. It just ma... : Darthbrooks
  • I have the exact same opinion. If I were looking for a tv today, I'd seek out a 60hz one. : Squid Division
• If it's really 120hz and not some attempted 120hz crap then yes, it helps smooth frames and decreases blu... : one random winner
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  Isn't 120Hz needed for 3d? Maybe thats the Nvidia 3d thing I am thinking of. But blu-ray 3d might also... : GoodBoy
  • The TV itself has to be "3D ready" and that requires 120hz, yes (60hz/eye) : one random winner
• To avoid drawdown absolutely. : Sailor of Fortune
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  my plasma is 600 hz there's no difference. : mystikal
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    that 600hz is measuring a completely different parameter. : DarkWolf5
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      Plasmas usually consist of 10 interior panels that make up the screen, each clocked in at 60hz. Manufactu... : TaintedSyringe
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        Plasma is not continually backlit like an LCD, and each pixel is rapidly turned on and off (pulsed) to pr... : DarkWolf5
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          So does that mean they are totally badass? : CrustaR
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            They are indeed totally badass. : DarkWolf5
            • Good, 'cause I have one! : CrustaR
  • I have a Pioneer Elite Kuro in the basement. This is for a much brighter room which is why I want an LCD... : dengar65
• I think I recall reading something about how 120hz is better because shows/movies are filmed at 24fps, so... : paulatreus
• I have the Sony you're looking at and I really like it. I'm not a huge A/V junkie though, so others will ... : PhoenixArisen
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  120hz only helps if the input is 120hz as well, otherwise your better off without it. It makes crap look ... : YerMothah
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    don't listen to this completely incorrect gentleman. not only do 120Hz TVs generally *NOT* actually supp... : electroly
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      Okay, but I still dont understand the benefit of a higher Hz rate if its still just showing the same thin... : YerMothah
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        Basically I bought this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=624748... : YerMothah
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          That television always runs at 120hz. Interpolation is a completely different feature made by manufacture... : DarkWolf5
          • I think I finally understand it now! Between you and electroly below it all makes sense now. Thanks la... : YerMothah
          • Yes, for more info see my explanation below. :) : mn3m0n1c
      • if you have a 60Hz panel and you have a 24Hz source, you have a problem. you have 60 frames per second t... : electroly
      • The benefit is this: when you watch a Blu-Ray movie, your (ATSC) HDTV has to somehow turn 24 frames per s : mn3m0n1c
  • No, that's not really 120hz and I really hate that marketing shit as 120hz when it's not has penetrated s... : one random winner
  • How do we still have these posts two years later? We've gone over this! : Conan
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  120Hz is nice because it can be evenly divided by 60 and 24. Meaning you can enjoy games and movies witho... : tcs
  • What do people in the UK do with their 50Hz PAL stuff? O.o Do they buy these 120Hz TV's as well? : ShadowRam
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  I'll wait until 50,000hz & 1000000000000000000000000000000:1 contrast ratio : sanchez
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    Might be able to do that if the pixels were as bright as the sun while sitting right next to it. : Magmaticzebra
    • It will make it more awesome to watch CSI as you will have to wear sunglasses... YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH! : raxtor
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  120Hz is good for one thing, and the Samsung is the TV you want if that one thing appeals to you - that o : mn3m0n1c
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    When you say higher-end Samsung, what model number do you refer to? Is it the 650 series? : dengar65
    • Everything from the LN6 series on up does 120Hz (or 240) with or without smoothing (Samsung calls their s... : mn3m0n1c
  • Actually they do one other thing as well, but you'll probably never notice it - they offer higher 'motion... : mn3m0n1c
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  Why not get a plasma? : ant_hillbilly
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    It's for a bright room. : dengar65
    • And fwiw - I have a sweet ass plasma in the basement so it's not like I'm an LCD evangelist or anything. : dengar65
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      With the money you save buying a good plasma over a good LCD you could buy OSB to board up of the offendi... : DarkWolf5
      • Yeah, the wife would love the nouveau decor. lol : dengar65

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  It's as if Blizzard's SP design is in an entirely different genre. There's not even a close match to the ... : LoioshDwaggie
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    I really agree - they really outdid themselves and I "just want to play one more to see what happens" an... : flagg209
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      Yeah the SP is amazingly polished. I noticed that even though its "less" interactive than ME, the int... : bolneze
      • No! No, don't tell me that. I need to finish ME2 and DA:O and a bunch of other games. I've been waitin... : AhmNee
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    Wow, I couldn't feel more different. The single player feels like a modded multiplayer to me. The SP m... : Nullzero
    • 'Entirely different genre' not game. The involvement of the story is like nothing I've ever seen in anoth... : LoioshDwaggie
  • Challenges are awesome too : rmjackson
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  Haven't really been grabbed but I'm only 2 missions in. It all seems a bit cheesy and the voice acting ki... : aeg1x
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    It steps up, trust us. I had the same furrowed brow, but then the Spectres storyline, the Zeratul storyli : MercFox1
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      man what are you doing I cant click that shit : aeg1x
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        Then you sure as hell don't click this one: TASSADAR LIVES, TOSH IS A GOOD GUY, ZOMG ZERG/PROTOSS HYBRID!... : MercFox1
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          He's not kidding, BTW. That's a huge spoiler. : LoioshDwaggie
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            i clicked it. I'm no sad i wanna get to that part ! : barichnikov
            • Zeratul arc. Just do all the Zeratul missions, Raynor gets a reality check, and the big story starts to k... : MercFox1
  • The dialogue is dry as heeeelll, but enjoy the presentation and the interesting mission designs (the firs... : SpaecKow
  • The first few missions aren't really that good. It gets way better. : The Grolar Bear
• It'll still be here later, or in a week, or two, or whenever! : Alice O'Connor
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  They did a great job on the storyline. My hatred of playing Terrans remains, though. I can't wait for t... : genom
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    Oh man, I cannot imagine how great that'll be if this is any indication. : LoioshDwaggie
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      It's going to be Terran->Zerg->Protoss, right? : MercFox1
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        Toss next zerg last : wurt
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          Nope, Heart of the Swarm is next. : Arceihn
          • Protoss is gonna 0wn. Zeratul better melt some faces. : MercFox1
          • Really? I remember reading otherwise : wurt
          • Yeah, it's this. I'm really curious what the Zerg campaign will look like, What with Kerrigan Rescued and : Lexicon_Leidun
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            I hope the CE box is just as cool as the one for wings of liberty : maulla
            • It should glow in the dark and ooze gack out the sides. : LoioshDwaggie
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              If there is a CE for zerg, i am getting two. : wurt
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                I cant imagine them not releasing a CE for each campaign. Im going to spend $300 on this game when itss a... : maulla
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                  dare i say its worth it? It's kinda silly we are willing to spend this much on a game nowadays :P : wurt
                  • at least they will be spread out over a year+ each time : maulla
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                    My opinion's done a full 180 from when I first heard about the split + $100 CE. : LoioshDwaggie
                    • I looked at my progress yesterday, and apparently I only finished 15 missions. WTF!!!!!!! Close to 90 mis... : MercFox1
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              If the CE for Zerg and Protoss are just as good as the Wings of Liberty CE, I'll get both of them and won... : MercFox1
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                Mine smells terrible. I wonder if its the plastic they used : maulla
                • the delivery dude farted on it before dropping it off :/ : wurt
              • I was honestly surprised the CE didn't include the notepad they put in the regular box. Also, no awesome... : genom
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            when is it coming out ? : barichnikov
            • I wouldn't expect it within the next 18 months. : The Grolar Bear
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      I'm definitely curious to see what they'll come up with. Early on they said each campaign would be struct... : Arceihn
      • With their tools they can do that. It'll be incredibly interesting to see what they end up with. If there... : LoioshDwaggie
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    I hope we see the next campaign by this time next year :[ : wurt
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      yeah with the game engine all built and such I'm really hoping its a mid year tradition for the next coup... : goatboy
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        I think they'll do the two announced expansions and that's it, I don't see Blizzard whoring it out that m... : Zek
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          I don't think they'll be ready in a year. It's blizzard, they're going to push that engine. : LoioshDwaggie
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            that sounds dirty, Loiosh. : wurt
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              The zerg sound dirty, wurt. Turn up the sound and build a base with them sometime. -slurpslurpsloshslurp- : LoioshDwaggie
              • I fondle my queens with my cursor. They say "no, stop!" but i know that really means "yes, more!" : wurt
      • Zerg being the second one to come out, I doubt they'll even think of expansions at that point. After the ... : thetangent
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  I'm really enjoying it, but I don't know if I like the inclusion of side-missions (or the mission choice ... : Arceihn
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    It feels a lot like ME2 in the way it's structured. : enyakk
    • I figured they took a page from DoW2's book, what with the different planet missions, possible research o... : Lexicon_Leidun
• THE GAME IS FUCKING GREATTTTTTTTTTTT ..ahem : niceguynick
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  I'm having fun with it, despite not liking some of the core gameplay. But that's probably because I'm _t : twifosp
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    Brutal doesn't seem that hard so far. Really the stupid part is the computer has shit that counters the ... : D45hiz
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      If you go back to replay a previous mission do you keep later units/upgrades? : Zek
      • It seems weird. I finished the campaign last night and went back and played the second or third mission ... : valael
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      No, the really stupid part is all the various 'timer' mechanics they use to stress me out :[ 3rd ragequit... : daedraug
      • Yea, this is always what gets me. I'm winning the fights, but losing other goals. Takes a good 4 or 5 t... : twifosp
• i couldn't get offline mode to work last night :( it says i need at least one character on my account, b... : electroly
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  Watched a buddy play last night...the music seems to have been better in SC1...but then I only heard one ... : uebersoldat
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    It's pretty hard to judge something like that at this point. Starcraft 1's music played for us for like 1... : snot3353
    • Zerg SC2 music is incredibly good. I'm listening to the soundtrack right now, and the Terran SC1 music 's... : MercFox1
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    disagree. it's fantastic just like any other Blizzard game. I also can't get enough of "A Zerg, A Shotg... : lefthighkick
    • That was the first one I stoped and listened to when clicking though the jukebox in game. : MacemanInTW
  • I've listened the soundtrack quite a bit. It's a lot more Blockbuster Summer Action Movie themed this tim... : jet-poop
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  I'm not a huge fan of the whole cowboy/wild west style they use with Raynor, but I guess it works. Also : deject
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    I don't like Protoss either. Never did, dunno why. As far as facial animations, just go play Fallout 3... : snot3353
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      Well, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just boggling that no one can seem to match what HL2: Episode One did... : deject
      • I think it's a matter of investment. I think Blizzard probably decided this was plenty good given how muc... : derelict515
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    It's not new since that was the style of SC1. : Chod
    • As you can probably deduce, I never played the first one. : deject
  • Its because they have 2 different cutscene types. They have the in-engine cutscenes I think they made ... : chilln
• Shack Starcraft 2 Usernames Add Username Here: http://goo.gl/X1B0 Username List: http://goo.gl/NMyl (S... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• "I won that tournament! Fuckin' Zerg!" : valcan_s
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  WIth that said, just make sure you aren't expecting anything totally different. It's pretty much SC1 in 3... : JohnnyRey
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    Do everyone in this chatty a favor and punch yourself in the face for posting that. : walker270
    • ^^^^^^^^^^^ : MercFox1
    • please : derelict515
    • Make it a falcon punch, and yell out "OHHH YEAAHHH" afterwards, please. : wurt
    • Agree'd. The actual gameplay isn't fantastic, but the single player polish and moddability should make i... : Cottc Cid
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    You guys expecting the game not to be Starcraft anymore are the ones who were kidding yourselves. No, the... : Zek
    • SC1 sells like hot cakes in South Korea and they have a huge eSports section dedicated to it. So I'm sur... : Rotten Deadite
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      I think what he's saying is that at it's core - they changed virtually nothing. I just don't look forw... : dedgecko
      • That said, I do look forward to playing through the story, but not for $60. I'll wait till the trilogy i... : dedgecko
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        Most sequels don't change anything at the core. Starcraft is simply a different kind of RTS than CoH/DoW2... : Zek
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          I don't think anyone is trying to compare it to those RTS directly. It's just with other RTS franchises,... : twifosp
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            Original has more to do with the services around the game. What good is a great mp RTS if people can't le... : derelict515
            • You are bang on about the services around the game. If TA or AOE2 had the same excellent blizzard servic... : twifosp
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            Two corrections to your post: 1. SC II is groundbreaking in its Single Player story telling, and its onl : LoioshDwaggie
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              And, of course, the uncompromising and excellent balance between 3 entirely unique races. : LoioshDwaggie
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                Unique until you realize everything from the art direction to the race bonuses to the race play style was... : twifosp
                • What does it matter when even the Dawn of War games don't do it as well? : derelict515
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                  lol, he meant unique in gameplay compared to one another, which they are. They're much more strongly diff... : Zek
                  • Oh, they stole that aspect from rock paper scissors obviously. : twifosp
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              1. The single player story telling is great, I'll agree with you there, I was really talking about gamep... : twifosp
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                Your point about Chess just reaffirms what I was indirectly stating. Chess is a much more complex design,... : LoioshDwaggie
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                  As for why Go is tactically superior to Chess (making my point about Simple design vs Complex design) see... : LoioshDwaggie
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                    In regards to programming solutions? Aboslutely. With player to player gaming? I don't agree at all. : twifosp
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                      Go is considered the most complex of all games. : LoioshDwaggie
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                        By some metrics, sure. This is a rather pointless sub-thread anyway considering RTS games introduce ... : twifosp
                        • I was making a point that complexity in game design does not imply a good game. I think it's pretty clear... : LoioshDwaggie
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                      I think it's pretty reasonable to imagine play of any game, minus any mechanical skills, as the execution... : Felraiser
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                        If you are trying to compare game rules and design? Ok. But I thought we were trying to compare game ex... : twifosp
                        • I've addressed this exact point below. : LoioshDwaggie
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                          No, I'm saying that developer-instated design can often be meaningless to determination of game complexit... : Felraiser
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                            And you can't measure that with an algorithm because two people playing together is infintely complex com... : twifosp
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                              Why? : Felraiser
                              • I'm not saying that current computers are as complex as human brains, or that emotions are not part of ga... : Felraiser
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                                Algorithms can randomize things like timing all they want, but it will always optimize towards ideal timi... : twifosp
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                                  At the highest level of SC play that is exactly what it is. It is optimized to the ideal timings (for rus... : LoioshDwaggie
                                  • It = the gameplay. The best players play optimized designs at the start. : LoioshDwaggie
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                                  Okay, call it a dynamic set, or a nondeterministic algorithm, then? It doesn't change my point. : Felraiser
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                                    And I still don't agree that your point applies to human v human experience. You are trying to measure t... : twifosp
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                                      Who's talking about enjoyment? : Felraiser
                                      • Clearly not you. : twifosp
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                  I see your point, but I don't think comparing AI design of board games is to human vs human games. Als... : twifosp
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                    I'm saying that more complexity != a better game. SC2 is a better game for evaluating player skill becaus : LoioshDwaggie
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                      That's like saying golf is a better game for evaluating player skill because it isn't unccesarily complex... : twifosp
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                        Tactical skill. I have been -very- clear to indicate that SC is a measure of excellent tactical prowess a... : LoioshDwaggie
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                          Which I've agreed with several times by pointing out that it is more accessible, which makes the platform... : twifosp
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                            So you're saying that TA and AoE2 had the potential to live and grow as competitive games for even longer... : Felraiser
                            • TA did have two good years of gameplay before TA: Kingdoms killed it. And yes, I am fully saying that ... : LoioshDwaggie
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                              I don't think it was an accident at all, I think it was battle.net. : twifosp
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                                Why haven't any RTS games released after SC1, even ones with vastly superior networking, succeeded on the... : Felraiser
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                                  For the same exact reason we still drive cars based on the internal combusion engine. When you master s... : twifosp
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                                    This analogy doesn't make sense for a few reasons. First, that's not why we drive combustion-engine ca... : Felraiser
                                    • That high cost of ownership is ONLY due to low demand because the infrastructure of the piston combustion... : twifosp
                                • I think a lot of people just didn't like the way it played, what with the RPG stuff and very high emphasi... : Zek
                    • An RTS can't really be compared to a board game, because a massive amount of the strategy revolves around... : Zek
            • The ability to chat with friends in game while I am playing single player is mind bogglingly awesome. : Jimb0v2
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            I kind of see what you're saying in the sense that it is the same three races and basically the same game... : snot3353
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              Personally I hope blizzard develops an entirely new IP. Would like to see them branch outside of being i... : twifosp
              • Their next MMO is a new IP. They do plenty of original things but don't release them if they're not up to... : derelict515
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            It seems like some people come to distance themselves from actual gameplay and just start thinking of gam... : Felraiser
            • Starcraft had online services, others did not. Battle.net made getting into games easy. I know you ... : twifosp
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            AOE2? I mean i can distantly see how TA has a shout, but AOE2? : Foxhawk
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              Did you ever spend any amount of time playing AoE2 multiplayer? It still has one of the best economies o... : twifosp
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                yes, I spent a lot of time that I remember fondly, but it really didn't seem like a competitively balance... : Foxhawk
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                  It was if you ever played on ladders. Early on the franks were OP'ed but it was eventually patched and d... : twifosp
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                    well RTS is the best genre so I'm not going to get in a pissing match over which one is best, but I think... : Foxhawk
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                      It is my favorite genre as well. I don't think I under rate it just because I rate something else hi... : twifosp
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                        What is the dividing line between decision-making (in aggregate) and strategy? : Felraiser
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                          Nothing, I'm saying one offers more of those things than the other. Not that one offers them and one doe... : twifosp
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                            And we're saying that SC offers the superior version. Then I explained why, then I defended why. You'r : LoioshDwaggie
                            • Whoa there cowboy, I don't think it's fair to compare SC2 to those games. .. I was talking about the orig... : twifosp
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                        you are devaluing what SC2 does well into 'twitch skills' which is woefully inaccurately descriptions. : kainen1
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                          The amusing thing is you are saying I'm putting down the starcraft franchise by suggesting there have bee... : twifosp
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                            twifo you just ignored my point and decided to instead jab at me like I suggested that THERE CAN ONLY BE : kainen1
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                              You said I put it down, when I've actually praised the game. Why should I address your points when you p... : twifosp
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                                Yes you have put it down, and I told you why - you devalued everything that it's good at in my opinion an... : kainen1
                                • TA's online play was better than battle.net anyways. Cavedog chat FTW. : LoioshDwaggie
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                                  You've misunderstood what I've said. If you find the phrase twitch skills to be some kind of insult, wha... : twifosp
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                                    yeah i think it's reducing the strategy to say that for sure. You're putting it in with quake and saying... : kainen1
                                    • I never meant to imply that because starcraft had hectic combat that required twitch skills it somehow to... : twifosp
                            • btw, you played all these games on a competative ladder? wow : twifosp
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            you are looking for changes to be made that simply can NOT be done with starcraft. the game is simply too... : maulla
            • IIRC, Blizzard has stated Warcraft is their micro-focused RTS series, and Starcraft is their macro-focuse... : walker270
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    It's oblivion...with guns : boomstickah
    • oblivion with scvs : Chod
    • Warcraft with Mechs : phate81
    • ORCS IN SPACE : David Craddock
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    I think you've posted this in every SC2 I've read so far. You are really dedicated to threadshitting, eh... : giant boy detective
    • yeah, he sure is : derelict515
  • hl2 is just hl1 with a gravity gun : maulla
  • Was it created in 3d or is it a lazy post-conversion? : Snuffles-
• Really can't wait for Diablo 3 after the quality they put on this. : Wolfanoz
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  Man I suck at this game. Did my 2v2 placement matches last night and won 1 out of 5, and I think the only... : phate81
  • I bet I'm as bad as you, I'm still in the practice league though. : OmegaRed59
  • as you get better you will win more. dont expect to win more then half of your games, though. : maulla
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  Just finished it. My Starcraft 2 single player review: Holy shit. Seriously, they made an RTS that I c... : AlexW1203
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    Bros before Hoes, Rayner... bros before hoes. :( : walker270
    • I sided with super-psychic Nova over Tosh, too. Hos before bros (inc. Protoss) all the way. Also, Meng : AlexW1203
    • That Rayner and :( better not mean he dies or it's a sad ending! : Edges
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  So how many copies will they sell this week / month / year? I think xplay said yesterday it sold 1.6 ... : pyide
  • 4 million this week, 6 million this month, and 8-10 by the end of the year. Probably around 20 million t... : i38warhawk
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    Battlenet was reporting 1 million SC users ~ 7AM on Wednesday. : LoioshDwaggie
    • Holy Christ! : MercFox1
    • Guarantee that number will double in under a week. : MercFox1
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      That's not just SC users, that's WoW & SC2 users : pancake humper
      • The number's broken. It hasn't updated since yesterday (nor the total number of SC2 games). : LoioshDwaggie
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        you sure? I assumed it was everyone on battle.net, not WoW players. : valael
        • WoW players are on battle.net. : slax0r
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    StarCraft II Sells 1.8 Million Copies on Day 1 - Excluding Korea! http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8... : vynn
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      sheesh, the low end is $108,000,000 (not factoring in collector's edition!). Obviously there is a cost f... : dextius
      • WSJ had originally stated 100 mil for SC2 but retracted it saying that was for WoW. So who knows. : mystikal
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  Does voice comm in game work for anyone? I cannot get it to work and it irritates me because I want to c... : Jimb0v2
  • i've played games with shackers where they had it working. I couldn't get it. but that's ok, I prefe... : valael
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  anyone on brutal beat (mission name spoiler:) Engine of Destruction yet? (Details spoilers:) It seems lik : Foxhawk
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    I gave up on using wraiths and went with BCs instead :[ : daedraug
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      BCs? I guess you played the missions in a different order and unlocked BCs first? Can I leave this one on : Foxhawk
      • That's what I did, I started Engine of Destruction first, but aborted it to see if it would be easier wit... : daedraug
  • Yeah, wraiths suck. I had best luck with a fuckton of medic + marine + marauder, and science vessels to ... : valael
• I'm glad the SP campaign is excellent - I was underwhelmed by the MP and won't be playing it very much, u... : wytefang
• Raynor standing over tychus, great scene. : jayares
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  I've heard this game checks every 30 days to make sure you're legit. Fuck that! Activating it once, I c... : Ocelot
  • LOL OK : thetangent
  • lol : derelict515
  • RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE MAN! : theWhite
  • I know, right? Read a book, ya durn kids! : industro
  • NO LAN PLAY EITHER FUK YOYU BLIZARD I WANT A REFUND : phate81
  • Didn't quake 3 used to authorize your cd key every time you played online? Also, lol : maulla
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    Personally I hate it when companies release expansions every couple years to keep the game fresh and exci... : lefthighkick
    • and each one is the length of a standalone game? with full multplayer? assholes. : EvilDolemite
  • most MP games with keys and login credentials authorize you every single time you log in. : EvilDolemite
  • I've heard the game gives your avatar name to the people you play against. FUCK THAT SHIT! WHAT ABOUT... : walker270
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    I don't understand how you can write this post, read over it before submitting, and not punch yourself in... : mwasher
    • Irrational anger has its ways : chungathebunga
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    compelling people to buy more games: FUCK ALL OF THAT NOISE : Downforce
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      What do you mean a AAA game on the PC? FUCK THAT SHIT! : walker270
      • More like Blizz-flop : phate81
  • Here's why you never go full retard. : MercFox1
  • NO THANKS. : pancake humper
  • Oh damn I have to spend 180 on 3 awesome games. Woe is me : twifosp
  • Your anger pleases me. : ColoradoCNC
  • How the fuck is my car going to check EVERY DAY if I put gas in it? Like it's trying to compel me to stop... : givemesnacks
  • PRE ORDER CANCELLED : yosemiteclimber
  • Now just blindly rag on Microsoft to achieve full Shacklash. : owly
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    *shrug* : virus
    • (mikecyb) : virus
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  the sp is better than the mp : sanewave
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    what the shit : PixelPie
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      appropriate response : Lionel2b
      • No no, he's right. : thetangent

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  i forgot to colour Kindle :( : dantastic
  • well i guess no kindle love for today : dantastic
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  Phil? : dantastic
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    nook. NOOK. NOOOOOOOK! : Phil
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      oh you were a nook fag. does the nook even compare to this? isn't the nook barnes and noble? we don't ... : dantastic
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        fuck yes the nook compares to that ugly ass Kindle. and you don't need a Barnes and Noble close to you. ... : Phil
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          Amazon is no more than two days away ever :( : YerMothah
          • except when they are shipping them from the US for some reason : dantastic
        • Oh and about Canada, fuck if I know. I don't ever leave my house. : Phil
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          they don't ship nooks to canada apparently. is the 3g even global as in it'd work on the 3g network here... : dantastic
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            regarding connectivity. 3g doesnt work in Canada. at least according to several posts that I just looke... : Phil
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              i would still need to find a way to get a US shipping address and have it forwarded to canada. kindle wi... : dantastic
              • also what was wrong with the kindle. i remember you had both of them at one point? : dantastic
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          phil i thought there was that whole thing where you really wanted a kindle so your wife got everyone to g... : jenisthebest
          • initially i did want a Kindle, but i hate that keyboard on the front of it. and yeah, my wife is retarde... : Phil
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      you are the deathlove of e-book readers : maulla
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        LOL dude I fucking LOVE my nook. Just pick one up and try it at B&N. : Phil
        • Seconding Phil's manlove for the nook. Best device yet. : umcpwintermute
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          My buddy has one and it's updated... I do like it, but still would like to see a little more hustle in it... : geedeck
          • Takes a while to boot up if you've been charging it - but other than that, mines very responsive. The pag... : Phil
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          True. The only issue I have with any of the e-readers is the amount I've spent at B&N since I got the dam... : Fyunch Click
          • And hopefully tomorrow's free friday isn't another fucking romance/teen fiction book. : Fyunch Click
          • Agreed. I've dropped a ton of money on ebooks at B&N. I'm loving though. It's one of my very few vices. : Phil
        • Tried one at Best Buy yesterday and was underwhelmed. Sorry Phil :( : ColoradoCNC
      • which is ironic because I'm a Kindle man! : Deathlove
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  I will be getting my wife the wifi version for Christmas, glad to see the price finally getting where it ... : quazar
  • yeah, had no interest in one till i saw these prices. seems like the must have e-reader.. chances they p... : dantastic
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  I do, and am considering selling my non-international DX and picking up a Wifi graphite version for readi... : scythide
  • mother fuckin grapphite sexiness : dantastic
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  I really want to try reading a book on one of these just to see how I like it. I kind of have a feeling ... : Begawkiness
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    fuck physical books its 2010. all they do is collect dust on a shelf : dantastic
    • My bookshelf is damn impressive looking! I dream of having a wall like this one day: http://www.furnishi... : Edges
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    you know, when I was first thinking about getting a Kindle, i didn't know if I should get one or not for... : Galadriel07
    • Yeah I still buy some books in regular form -- stuff with a lot of illustrations, photos, etc. But for pa... : Arctic Fox
  • Seriously it is fantastic to read on. It's about the closest thing to reading on paper itself. I've read ... : Arctic Fox
  • My fiancee was the same way, so I let her read mine for a book and she loves it. I'm probably picking up... : zebosausamite
• I love my Kindle 2 (the international wireless version). : deject
• I love my Kindle. but you already know that. : Galadriel07
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  What does "free" 3g entail exactly? no subscription to a provider? huh? : wurt
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    Yup, no subscription or monthly bills. : tbreffni
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      exactly. go to the site and click the coverage map and basically the entire world is covered unless you ... : dantastic
      • it does EDGE when 3g isn't available as well : dantastic
• http://www.footballnewsnow.com/2010/narcolepsy-may-have-caused-ravens-rookie-kindle-to-fall-fracture-skul... : Wolfanoz
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  wait, when did native PDF come on Kindles? : zakazi
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    Couple of revisions ago. It's still a little clunky but it's better than nothing. : Arctic Fox
    • hmmm, wonder if my Kindle 1 does it now. Or my wife's 2. : zakazi
    • With the addition of zooming, the PDF stuff is not bad at all actually. : Galadriel07
    • does it do monospace fonts yet? I seem to remember something about that when they first got it working, p... : thecray
• I REALLY fucking want an e-reader and this is so fucking tempting, but after signing up for mint.com last... : ejectorpod
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  so I want an e-reader, but I simply can't justify paying 10$ for every book when paperbacks are 6-9 dolla... : the_doctor
  • install kindle app on your iphone/android/pc/ipad etc and check out the store. the 2 books i want are ar... : dantastic
  • All the ebooks are priced differently just like regular books. For the most part books that are still in... : scythide
• Unf. : Jiven
• I have no complaints about my Kindle 2, but that's surprisingly tempting. : Arceihn
• I want to pitch my sony e-reader touch into a fire and get this instead. Hate sony's e-library, f'ing us... : proclone1
• I've been thinking about getting one for a while, these look pretty awesome. : TabsAZ
• I shopped around for an e-reader, but I'm still waiting for the iPod 4th Gen to get announced. If it has... : Jobos
• I have a Kindle 2, and love it. I want the new one though. I wonder how much I could get for the K2 in an... : jet-poop
• Anyone used their e-reader in combination with their library? I know that the L.A. library system has a b... : ColoradoCNC
• Kindle rules, best ereader out there : Serpico74

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  Cool Stuff from the previous thread(s)! - TroZ hugeposts about his current World! It looks pretty coo : Dong Patrol
  • Creative Multiplayer Server! run by our very own MercFox1! http://www.minecraft.net/play.jsp?server=a16f : Dong Patrol
  • My world is become pretty epic with what I am building underwater. Will take more time. Hopefully I can f... : Nighteyes
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  Hahah, I love these posts Dong :D : LoioshDwaggie
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    Since that's the case, I have a question for you! Should I keep including images with each post? I am lit... : Dong Patrol
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      I also feel a little bad cannibalizing everyone else's posts like this! : Dong Patrol
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        Yes, though your post is about the maximum size for a root post that shackers will accept. When it gets l... : LoioshDwaggie
        • Excellent, thanks for the tips! I had figured there was bit too much information in total, so I basically : Dong Patrol
    • I say keep it up! I always look for bright yellow/green text whenever I get to work in the morning. : zuff
• Someone who looks a lot like me spent hours playing this at work yesterday. : mrwolf710
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  Hey, slacker, put the Creative MP link up there in your post! Check my profile for the URL. : MercFox1
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    Added, and will be a staple of every post from now on! P.S., are you okay with the fact that I basically ... : Dong Patrol
    • No you're completely fine, if I need to make side posts for changes to the server, or updates about Survi... : MercFox1
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  I am currently building version one of what I'm calling Olympus. It's so high up the clouds flow through... : Clasifyd
  • Turn the second level into a maze; make those clouds work for you! : Dong Patrol
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  I have realized that Fridays are my favorite day of the week. Not because I don't have to work the next d... : Clasifyd
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    Not sad if that update is multiplayer! : LoioshDwaggie
    • He was working on something this week relating to "Tiny Vikings"..... yesterday it looked like he had ani... : at0micgarden
• Haaaaahaha PICKAXES!!! : dumb.
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  i almost never see mobs on the surface anymore. is it because i have a lot of torches around the landscap... : ass-street
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    They cannot spawn near torches. : LoioshDwaggie
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      the only thing i've seen in days is those cube slime assholes underground :( : ass-street
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        I fuckin' hate slimes. : Rotten Deadite
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          Better than skeletons! <shudder> : Clasifyd
          • i wish you could craft a shield or something to block those fucking arrows. fuck that shit. : ass-street
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            Skeletons I can deal with, 'cause they sometimes shoot other mobs in the back and that always leads to hi... : Rotten Deadite
            • I know a lot of people keep saying that, but I've never seen more than four slimes at once, and that's on... : Clasifyd
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              The slimes are scary when you're really deep. : at0micgarden
              • My gay friends tell me that all the time. :/ : LoioshDwaggie
              • and lord knows i go DEEP : ass-street
• Powered minecarts!!! not really http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwXTQHlACE8 (I love how triumphant he sou... : ZTac
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  Here's my waterfall house. You can walk around behind the waterfall. http://picasaweb.google.com/mrwo... : mrwolf710
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    Whoa, that is really cool looking! Were those natural waterfall or did you take the time to make them you... : Dong Patrol
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      There was one small one that I routed the crap out of to make it do all that. : mrwolf710
      • I am doubly impressed that you managed to answer yes to both my theories! : Dong Patrol
  • I have trouble viewing picas pics in Firefox....strange : james_austintx
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  I hope valve hires this guy because minecraft needs steam support : kaddar0
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    Why exactly does this game need steam support? : Haxim
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      Instead of Dropbox, etc. Have it so personal saves are in 'the cloud'. And maybe can use steam as an MP s... : loboca
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        Minecraft saves are not small. I'm not sure the design of the steam cloud,but control settings sound a lo... : TroZ
        • Maybe re-write it so that if it's on steam, you only download your immediate surroundings. A save may be ... : loboca
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          That and the thousands of files that make up a gamesave would make it pretty difficult to keep saves in t : Haxim
          • You could just zip/tar the saves. : mroizo40
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        How do you sync your saves with dropbox? : ColoradoCNC
        • use Minecraft Save Manager: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=20119 : Haxim
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      Achievements. : repeat2k
      • And TF2 hats, right? : Haxim
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  Story from noob:: My main inner-mountain compound was getting too small for me, and I wanted to expand, b... : at0micgarden
  • I enjoyed reading this post, and even more so with this playing in the background! http://www.youtube.co... : Dong Patrol
  • you can re-plant trees from the saplings that fall from the leafs and the disappear from not being connec... : TroZ
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    Awesome. btw, to get water to 'pool' you use a bucket and place water into the pool. Place enough, and it... : loboca
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      I thought it might be the bucket! I guess it would cause major headaches for naturally falling water NOT ... : at0micgarden
      • The 'Classic' version didn't drain. But in the story posted below, he explains the memory limitations, si... : loboca
  • cool story :) : excessus
  • Your description is exactly why I love this game. The exploration (which I think should totally not be f... : mrwolf710
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    I've said this to most people who ask about Minecraft, but it's so true. It's what we all imagined as ki : passingstranger
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      Little Sisters were like Creepers. Keep trying to get into my fort. : CRasterImage
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        Did you have one of these moments? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF9xMNuAfwE : LoioshDwaggie
        • hahahaha : at0micgarden
        • Several variations on that, ya. Though not IN my house. I don't know what this guy was thinking. : CRasterImage
        • Cracks me up every time. : Haxim
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  PC Gamer interviews Notch: http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/07/29/community-heroes-notch-for-minecraft/ : at0micgarden
  • Ahahah awesome. Dwarf Fortress was an inspiration, and Eye of the Beholder for the spiders. Love it! : loboca
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    For those interested in the financial side, he's made about 10k euro in the last 24 hours. http://minecr... : loboca
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      It must have been a nice boost having valve plug him :) : jbury
      • oh wow, yeah i just saw that. Good on him. : deathofrats
    • half a million dollars? he is my hero. : silent prophet
  • I like this one on gamasutra from the end of March where he says he's sold a whole 6400 copies! http://w... : Haxim
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  I'm having a hard time finding coal in my world so I'm torchless. :( I resort to hiding in my little cu... : guido anchovy
  • Look up the walls of cliffs, you should definitely be able to see some up high. : at0micgarden
  • go out exploring and search any natural caves you find. i had some trouble finding coal for a while when ... : ass-street
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    ^^^ Thanks for the tips! I'll get to hunting when I play some more this afternoon. I'm tired of hiding.... : guido anchovy
    • yah i didn't find any until i found some natural caves : Shadowdane
• Ha...he updated his website: http://minecraft.net/ "Minecraft is a game about placing blocks while runn... : at0micgarden
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  God, when multiplayer survival goes live, this thing is gonna be huge. : Rotten Deadite
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    I'm trying to figure out how to get a server with 32GBs of ram up to run it. Stress testing of new server... : loboca
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      that seems like an awful lot! : harold.johnson
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        I read an estimate of how much ram / user was necessary the other day (forget the numbers off hand), but ... : loboca
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          I think he said something along the lines of 20 people per 1gb : jbury
          • It would be pretty cool to setup a giant World Server for MineCraft. I don't know how practical that woul... : LoioshDwaggie
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          you would be able to run 500~600 people on that, if your pipe held up. would java even be happy using th... : harold.johnson
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            Plus, watching this flyover video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NszGurDUlHc&feature=player_embedded ... : at0micgarden
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              That's the idea, there is no limit. lots of mine cart stations maybe? : loboca
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                I haven't used minecarts yet, but do they propel themselves or do them need gravity? Jesus, I need to sto... : at0micgarden
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                  They need gravity, although I saw a video where there's a way you can glitch your track so you can keep g... : Haxim
                  • The accelerator trick isn't useful anymore because one of the updates changed something so that passing t... : ZTac
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              From that video's description: "In the distant future, there will be more variation such as different ... : Rotten Deadite
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                If he ends up creating social creature types (goblins, etc) that form communities, dungeons, lairs, and i... : loboca
                • It would replace Love as my favorite emergent game. : LoioshDwaggie
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            Yeah I'm skeptical that it's really possible to do that, there are probably plenty of other technical hur... : Zek
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              One way to find out. : loboca
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                Any Java mens out there? Looking at the 'Classic' server, it's java, and it runs with: java -Xms512M -X... : loboca
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                  yep, you can : harold.johnson
                  • sweet : loboca
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                    Oh, uh, should they both be increased equally? I did a quick google of xms and xmx, but nothing specific ... : loboca
                    • Oh, initial and max, got it. http://javahowto.blogspot.com/2006/06/6-common-errors-in-setting-java-heap.... : loboca
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  i finished glassing off the first level of my new base. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9501175/Harolds%20Hills/... : harold.johnson
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    Nice. Is it still 2 blocks high inside, or did you make the room taller? : loboca
    • still 2 high. i wanted to get back to some mining before i start expanding it : harold.johnson
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  http://notch.tumblr.com/ "In more concrete news, I noticed that BIGJam starts next week. I will releas... : zuff
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    EVERYBODY READ THIS : Dong Patrol
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      I've got this perma-smile on and it hasn't gone away! : zuff
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        I am just sitting in my chair trying to get over the shakes that you've given me. Just sitting here fucki... : Dong Patrol
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          the fact that it will be missing mobs greatly tempers my excitement : dirge23
          • yeah that part sucks but at least we can start building. Does anyone know if you can put the mob setting... : kainen1
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            Me too, but not as big of a deal as long we can retain our worlds whenever they're added. And who knows, ... : at0micgarden
            • I wouldn't get too attached to a permanent world for a while, there will probably be more stuff added dur... : Zek
        • lols : loboca
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        didn't he say in his previous post that the first version of MP won't have mobs? : ass-street
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          he says it in todays post, too. it will be kind of nice for getting a new private world established : harold.johnson
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            Oh man. You could literally spawn somewhere (assuming it spawns you SOMEWHAT close to everyone else), tra... : at0micgarden
            • My plan is to find a small island and gut the entire thing to be just a giant hole in the terrain going a... : Zek
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              I'm not going to mine for anything. I'm just going to setup massive strip mines for cobble stone, which I... : unjustend
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                Who's going to trade anything for stone? : Zek
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                  I can't really tell the difference between stone and cobblestone for crafting/building. Is there one? : at0micgarden
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                    For building, no. To turn cobble into stone, fire it in a furnace. Otherwise, just diff skins. : loboca
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                      I buy your cobble or robble it, and make stone, sell back at premium =P Really I just want to make a ... : unjustend
                      • I suggest one with the following design: E03 Don't forget the gold blocks as appropriate. : loboca
                • Ya, people end up with large chests full of stone. You can't give that shit away. : CRasterImage
              • You'd be better of doing sand and bricks. : stonedonkey
            • "Planting a flag (costs gold in survival?) claims an area of land. No monsters can spawn or die from age ... : at0micgarden
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    The Teamfortress blog update is crazy, it has basically nothing to do with TF2. Just some fanboy at Valve... : Zek
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      Minecraft hats incoming. : repeat2k
      • Pretty sure that's what this was about: http://img.waffleimages.com/c295bcbd8863d6360c21f07c20f3ecf50b0c... : Haxim
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    Can't wait to be the dirty miner for the creative guys up on the surface. :D : kaankasim
    • Haha, that's what I'm anticipating. Even among my friends, my meager structures are blown away. I'm just ... : sogelegos
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    Jesus.. 10,000 Euros in 24 hours. Dude's gonna be rich! : ShadowRam
    • and the number is climbing, He gets a month of this and he is awesome for years. good for him! : supermonkeyballz
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      Too late, he's already rich! : Haxim
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        The money is coming from inside the game! : Dong Patrol
        • So THAT'S what you do with papyrus/green slime. : Haxim
    • He is already rich. : kabex
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    FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU THIS IS TOO SOON I'M NOT DONE WITH SC2 YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... : MercFox1
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      When he releases it I'm going to get a Shack server up ASAP, but I want to do some testing on it to see h... : MercFox1
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        If Notch does release SMP server data over the next week, this Friday has GOT to be powered Minecarts. : MercFox1
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          or beehives. : Haxim
          • Or both! He rarely includes less than two new things in Seecret Friday Updates! : Dong Patrol
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            Not to be negative nancy here, but wtfbeehives won't move my minecart trains 10km over my track system an... : MercFox1
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              Slimes will! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwXTQHlACE8 : ZTac
              • hahaha excellent : Draugluin
              • lol, excellent. slimecarts! : Teiresias
          • Beehive powered minecarts : guido anchovy
          • Or Tiny Vikings. : at0micgarden
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          Check this out: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21081 : at0micgarden
          • I dunno man, bee hives are a HUGE possibility!!!11 : loboca
          • Nice find! : zuff
      • My wife and I are ready..... : james_austintx
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  has anyone loaded a world and not been able to move around? :( : pandastrong
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    also, is snow new? i just started a new world and its snowing : pandastrong
    • It's relatively new : guido anchovy
    • Not totally new. Also, it is a 'snowy' world, and always will be. Restart a new world if you don't like s... : loboca
  • Yeah I just alt-tabbed and went back and it fixed it. : dumb.
  • Yes. Had to level edit my save game and change my characters position. : ShadowRam
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  TREE FORT]d Last night I started a new map. (Last map is 12Mb, and it now has some kind of memory leak... : ShadowRam
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    TAG FAIL! : ShadowRam
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      Colour appropriate tag fail though! Post pics of your super tree before beginning the fort; I love seeing... : Dong Patrol
      • Will do! : ShadowRam
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    I thought about doing this. I am wondering what limits tree growth? Some trees you see are massive and ha... : eldiablo01
    • yah i haven't figured that out... it seems random really. I planted this one tree that ended up growi... : Shadowdane
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  Do slimers slow the fuck out of anyone else's computer? Since the last few patches? That and water seem... : conandan
  • You're on a laptop, right? I've noticed that mine drags to a halt every now and then after a content upda... : Dong Patrol
  • I bet it's the extra layer of transparency on the slimes. maybe post on the minecraft forums asking fo... : Draugluin
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  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/At0micGarden/1bfa4be5492cab16bc5c21730168c282b41d6bc5.png repost : at0micgarden
  • I want to buy a print of this to hang on my wall. : Haxim
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    I had one of those sons of bitches blow my little cube fort to pieces when I was defending myself from sk... : guido anchovy
    • http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=294 : harold.johnson
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  So this looks pretty fun. Is it free to download or do you buy it? : MurrayTheSkull
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    classic is free to play (single player and multiplayer), alpha is currently 12~13 bucks. classic is li... : harold.johnson
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      Will classic be updated at some point? : Maddog_Delphi97
      • discontinued : at0micgarden
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        Very doubtful, it will be left as it is and probably not even kept online forever. Eventually he'll add C... : Zek
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          I'd like to try it out, but I'm afraid there's a boatload of features that is only in the alpha. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Pretty much yeah, it's not even the same game. Just fork over the cash. : Zek
            • That's what SHE said. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • If you have even a little bit of fun with the free version online, I say go ahead and buy the alpha. N... : passingstranger
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  Is there anything interesting to do with the slime balls dropped by slimes? I tried a few combos on the ... : harold.johnson
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    It's ink, right? For papyrus : LoioshDwaggie
    • I don't think you need it currently for anything (books are just 3 paper). You should be able to use slim... : Haxim
  • Used for nothing atm, as far as I know : ShadowRam
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  Dear people who actually know things about java, instead of just technical programming stuff like me, ... : passingstranger
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    he actually mentioned that possibility in the pcgamer interview, in a way : Draugluin
    • Good god, so much for the rest of my life if that ever happens. : passingstranger
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      I wonder how limited a portable version would be though? As it is right now it uses a ridiculous amount ... : gokwyjibo
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        Is there much of a decrease in memory used when the draw distance is turned way down? : passingstranger
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          I haven't tried it, but I would imagine that would help considerably. : gokwyjibo
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            Android apps are currently limited to 16mb of ram; it'll be quite a bit of work to shrink down the curren... : mroizo40
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              Fuck. Java itself uses more than that probably. : CRasterImage
              • Android doesn't use a traditional jvm or run java bytecode - it has its own virtual machine called dalvik... : mroizo40
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              Can it be re-written in a low-level language like C for the android? : Maddog_Delphi97
              • developers that make android apps that operate outside of dalvik should be shot : harold.johnson
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                The ndk allows you to do some things in native C, but it's not possible (or at the very least, very diffi... : mroizo40
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                  Well, I'm thinking that C has a smaller footprint than Java. And yes, I know shackers like harold.johnso... : Maddog_Delphi97
                  • no, it shouldn't be an option. android runs on many different platforms, you will end up with programs t... : harold.johnson
              • Certain programs have setups like this. For example, the Android Quake 3 port. It's written almost enti... : passingstranger
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  I'm so sad to learn that my saves aren't in the cloud for this game :( : ColoradoCNC
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    So how do I get tools to get through blocks faster? I've been digging a mine for like 30 minutes and just... : ColoradoCNC
    • You need to make a pickaxe to mine stone. : Zek
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      Have you chopped down wood to make sticks so that you combine them in a crafting box with stone to make s... : loboca
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        Not yet. i will have to get on that! : ColoradoCNC
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          http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17021 http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f... : at0micgarden
          • In Dong Patrol's daily post he should link to the first link for new players and say, read topic 3. And t... : loboca
        • I think that 4/5 people end up doing the same thing. My first save was exactly the same thing. "Why can... : unjustend
    • My god dude. You went at that for 30min without consulting the internet? : ShadowRam
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  Found an absolute monster cavern near my home base... trying to figure a way out... this is all natural ... : stonedonkey
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    that is awesome : at0micgarden
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      and I come home and find my front doors blown up... fucking boomers... http://www.shackpics.com/files/... : stonedonkey
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        They came by to have a look at your very nice everything. : Rotten Deadite
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          It's weird, because I wasn't any where near the place and I came back from that cave to find that... real... : stonedonkey
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            That is weird considering the "chunk" structure of the game....... if a tree falls in the woods............. : at0micgarden
            • Yea.. still scratching my head over it.. turned out they didn't break any glass just the doors, so no big... : stonedonkey
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    This is why minecraft is so cool. Randomly generated terrain that's not just "oh, here's a hill" but let... : passingstranger
    • Yeah, IMO the infinite random terrain generation is by far the coolest part about Minecraft. : Zek
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  What difficulty is everyone playing on? I'm on normal and I might switch to hard to increase mob numbers.... : at0micgarden
  • Hard. Can't imagine playing it on less than hard. : Visceral Monkey
  • I'm a pansy and have it on peaceful. I'm eventually gonna switch it back (probably normal) but at the ti... : gokwyjibo
  • normal. i'm playing for the building. i don't want it to be a cake walk, but too many/harder monsters w... : harold.johnson
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  I started a new game for the heck of it and, at night, there are no stars or moon. WTF? : CRasterImage
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    Nevermind. My render distance got set to short for some reason. Making it far fixed it. : CRasterImage
    • It could be you accidentally hit "F". I remapped that to something else because I'm so used to hitting it... : at0micgarden
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  Skins I did Megaman :D http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=Kylegar : Kylegar
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    I made Chuck,no not that Chuck... http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=stonedonkey : stonedonkey
    • omg. need to make skinz. somebody make me a ninja turtle. : at0micgarden
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      http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=GrimmyD :D : GrimmyD
      • haha : Shadowdane
  • http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=TroZ : TroZ
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    damn u stole my idea... i did Megaman about 4-5 days ago. http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=... : Shadowdane
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      You stole my idea... I did Megaman about 14-15 days ago. ;p http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?use... : sogelegos
      • lol, looks like Kylegar did megaman X. : sogelegos
  • http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=rottendeadite : Rotten Deadite
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  Has anyone else come across a zombie base in a cavern system before? I was digging through this gigant... : Drewus
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    I believe you found what people are referring to as a "mob spawner". I haven't found one myself but it so... : at0micgarden
    • Yup. The little cage with fire inside confused me to hell and back when I first saw one. The one I found ... : Hemtroll
  • http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Dungeon : harold.johnson
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  So... when did this game go from giant LEGO sandbox to actual game? That's wild. : ieGod
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    i've been reading a lot of the threads and i still can't really figure out what you do : dignan
    • build stuff, occasionally get explosion raped by creepers, explore and mine caves : harold.johnson
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  I'm not really a game player, but this game looks fun! I want to try. maybe this weekend. ohoh~ : babtong
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    It is fun! Say goodbye to your life! :) : gokwyjibo
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      but I'm really bad at playing game, the only game I played in my life is Super Mario(old version) and Zel... : babtong
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        It's not really hard. It's more about exploring, mining and building. You can also disable the monsters... : gokwyjibo
        • haha okay! I'll try~ but I'm a girl, so I don't know if I'd get interested in it! but so far, I want to ... : babtong
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  I just saw an interesting statistic on his site: 299854 registered users, of which 38547 (12.85%) have b : Teiresias
  • someone watched the stats yesterday? and said he made around 10k euro in one day : dignan
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    1402 people have bought the game in the last 24 hours. 10 euros is ~ $13.07 right now. (2 more people h... : harold.johnson
    • Fuck. Well, good on him; it's a great game. : Rotten Deadite
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  Torch Crafting Help How the fuck do I craft a torch? The recipe of one stick and one coal lump is not ... : manero
  • You might be using flint instead of coal. They look almost the same, except coal is pure black. You proba... : at0micgarden
  • make sure you're using coal and not flint, sticks and not planks. then in the crafting window, put you... : harold.johnson
• Id adivse anyone to pickup Mine Edit and play around with Massive TNT chain reactions. Easily the most fu... : mavmavv

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  there is the theory of the mobius, where time becomes a loop : dirge23
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